How the mastery of energy and space could enable civilization to rise to a higher level, which will be dubbed here as "Kardashevian Aspirations". A higher level of civilization could mean peace, prosperity and freedom for all, but you never know. (Somebody might find a way to screw it up.)

Monday, March 5, 2012

Spark plasma sintering

This term was made by Steven Howe on the Space Show, with respect to tungsten fuel rods in a nuclear thermal rocket engine.

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BiSS is part of ITW (Illinois Tool Works), a Chicago based Fortune 200 industrial manufacturing company that unites about a thousand business units worldwide. BiSS is a 20-year old ISO 9001-2008 certified unit focused on development, manufacture and support of servo-hydraulic test systems. 40% of our products are exported to the global aerospace, defense and R&D markets.

BiSS is also the largest privately owned test facility in the country for strength, durability and performance testing. BiSS Lab is undergoing accreditation on ISO 17025 for testing and calibration services.